Record ID: WMID-F37455
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A coin has been recovered from the site of a previous find (2011T544). It is a silver half-crown of King Charles I, initial mark triangle, in production 1439-40, wt: 14.75 g. It therefore fits in well with the coins of the previous find, which were:
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
1. Shilling martlet (1560-1) 5.78g
2. Sixpence coronet (1567-70) 1567 2.98g
Charles I (1625-49)
3. Half-crown anchor (1638-9) N2211 14.96g
4. Half-crown star (1640-1) N2211 14.65g
In my report of 2011 I suggested: 'This group may be the whole of a small group lost or deposited at this period…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-63CB46
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver finger ring of Medieval dating.
Only the bezel of the finger ring is present. It is oval in shape, with a cavity at the centre, intended to accommodate a gem, possibly a Classical intaglio. The border is engraved with a legend that reads: +IERVSALEM (Jersusalem).
The bezel is silver and dates from the 13th Century AD.
Dimensions: Height 17mm, width 15mm. The bezel was not weighed.
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttoxeter Rural', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6283C3
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval silver ear-scoop and toothpick, with a twisted shank, with engraved decoration along the twisted surface, hammered into a scoop at one end, which is broken off, and with a flat pointed tip at the other end, probably intended as a toothpick or for cleaning the nails. (For comparable examples see TAR 2005/6 Nos. 396-399).
The implement is made from silver sheet and dates from the thirteenth to fifteenth century.
Dimensions: maximum length 48 mm.
The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious …
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mavesyn Ridware', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-4D6264
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of what may be Roman cement or 'opus signinum'. The fragment is a dark pink/purple in colour with gritty inclusions. It possibly has one original flat face, although this may be coincidental, and it is otherwise undiagnostic. It measures 37 mm long, 23.13 mm wide and 35 mm thick. It weighs 19.5 grams.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4D22E4
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy object, function currently uncertain. The object is cylindrical in shape and hollow, with an integrally cast sub-circular suspension or attachment loop on the top (or bottom, depending on how the article was used). The aforementioned loop is fairly intricately cast, situated on a moulded rectangular plate. The cylinder tapers very gradually, from 12.49 mm at the widest end to 10.77 mm at the narrowest. From the widest end there are two projections, one broken and incomplete. The complete projection emerges from the same side as the loop. The incomplete projection i…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th November 2014Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4CCDD1
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman rotary key. Unusually, the iron shank and bit of the key survive and it is the copper-alloy handle which is incomplete. The shank is square in section and terminates in an elaborate bit at the locking end. The bit consists of an 'F' shaped projection at the top and a further 'F' shaped projection which emerges from a downard projecting stem at the end of the shaft and which then projects back towards the handle. This section of the bit has a projection at the bottom which is at a right angle to the rest of the bit, projecting towards the holder, when the key is hel…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 17th May 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-3DCA94
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy quillon dagger guard of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The guard is lozenge shaped in plan at the centre and hexagonally faceted, with short arms which are also hexagonally faceted and hexagonal in section and which flare towards their terminals. The central lozenge shaped section of the guard has a sub-oval perforation, through which the tang of the dagger blade would have passed. This measures approximately 8.5 mm across and 9 mm long. It is undecorated, although on either side of the base of the guard, to either side of the central perforation, there a…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-3D89D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of early Anglo-Saxon date, dating from circa AD 450 to 550. The remains of the brooch show that the front surface was decorated with a moulded 'running spirals' design. Some of the gilding has abraded away, exposing a black surface. Elsewhere patches of green copper corrosion are visible. On the reverse the remains of the broken hinge for the pin, or possibly the catchplate, are visible. The brooch fragment measures 23.64 mm long, 17.07 mm wide, 1.89 mm thick and weighs 2.2 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-38CA22
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A moulded lead token of medieval to post-medieval date, precise function uncertain. It may have been used as a gaming piece or perhaps served as a form of localised small change. The token is circular and has a slight moulded ridge on the underside. The obverse has a moulded six pointed star with lozenge shaped petals on it. It measures 17.05 mm in diameter, 2.87 mm thick and weighs 5.2 grams. It has a cream coloured patina.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-37A9C1
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dress hook of probable post-medieval date and probably a fitting from a sword belt. The object has a forward projecting loop at one end. The other end is broken but the remains of a hook or loop project from a sub-rectangular plate located in the middle. Each side of this plate is slightly concaved. Traces of gilding survive on the front of this plate and on the tip of the remaining hook. No traces of gilding remain on the reverse. The green surface patina is much abraded and corroded and the object has a purple/brown colour where the surface patina is missing. The…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-2768F8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame. The frame is single looped and ornate, with two integrally cast right angled projections on the shoulders of the outer edge and a rectangular projection in the centre, grooved for the pin. The strap bar is offset and the lateral edges are waisted in the centre and terminate in moulded triangular 'feet' at the end of the strap bar. The front of the buckle frame is rounded and the reverse is flat. The buckle frame measures 17.77 mm long, 29.8 mm wide, 2.35 mm thick and weighs 3.3 grams. It has a dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-260F61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame. The rectilinear frame is without a pin. A groove for the missing pin is present on one of the longer sides of the frame.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th August 2018Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-25A164
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper alloy padlock in a zoomorphic design. The object is incomplete but none of the breaks are new. The padlock is cast in the shape of a dog or horse with the head turned back on itself. The 2 rear legs are still present, the front legs are broken off. Greatest damage to the front and head of the animal with breaks present along the body. Recesses for a 3-pronged lock or key present to the rear of the animal.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 31st January 2016Spatial data recorded.